78 seats, 48.3% 29 seats, 21.7% 74 29 4 0 Start date 1961 | 29 seats, 21.7% 15 seats, 9.9% 29 16 0 1 | |
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Winner Einar Gerhardsen | ||
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 11 September 1961. The result was a victory for the Labour Party, which won 74 of the 150 seats in the Storting. Although it lost its absolute majority, the Labour Party was able to continue in government.
Results
a The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won eight seats, three taken by the Liberal Party and five by the Centre Party.
b The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian People's Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.
References
Norwegian parliamentary election, 1961 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA